October Goals
 

So, once again, it's a new month- and we need a little accountability.

In my personal experience October leads into a rollercoaster of food, self-loathing, disappointments, and some hard-knuckled will power through such wonderous events as Halloween, Canadian Thanksgiving, American Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and the January times.

What are your goals?

How did you do last month?

For me, not so hot. I mean- I haven't gained back a million lbs and outgrown my new fabulous wardrobe, which is nice- but the numbers are a little high, the determination is a little low, and I have been a little too "wishy-washy" about it.

So, October. 1st of the month, lets consider it an "equinox" of sorts.

So, what are your goals?

Mine:
Numerically: Same as August, and September. To be below 175.

How?
Exercise: Kettlebells, and Yoga. Also, Running. I would like to get a minimum of 2 runs in a week. I have a gym membership until October 23rd. I would like to use it more. On single work-out days (non-kettlebell/run/yoga days) I would like to use my handy-dandy ipod a little more, and hit 10,000 steps a day. While exercise has never been an issue, food is, and while I try to figure it out, and I am not compensating with exercise persay, I would like to maintain the regime in order to not blow progress.

Food: Track calories. atleast 4x a week. FULLY. My portion control-eyeballing abilities are pretty good, so that's not the issue, and tracking every day is hard since there's homecooked stuff that I don't personally cook myself sometimes. This is fine.

Halloween Candy: pass it up. If that's hard to do- choose 1 peice that I like, eat it, move on. None of this "hey, let's just eat the whole bag" scenarios.

Binging: I would like to alleviate this little....issue. I am starting a journal. 1 little note a day, one little positive note a day about how the day went, or alternatively an account of what was eaten, and what I was feeling like before it happened.

I am also going to take some "complete" measurements tomorrow morning, first thing, and see what happened on October 31st.

So many goals for you!! I want to get back to calorie counting... 7 days a week!!! And I just want to see 159... :) I am about 179 today, so that's 20lbs in a month.. haha we'll see about that! It's been done, and if I just do amazingly I think it's doable.

Even though I was born in the US, I don't celebrate those "American" holidays anymore, so I'm not worried about that aspect.

Last month I planned to get down to under 148 or less by the end of September. I was 148.6 a few days ago but the scale said 150 today. Hopefully tomorrow's weigh in(October 1st) I will see the 140s. My goal is to get to 142 by the end of this month.

My goals this month :
Keep calorie counting
Workout for an hour, almost everyday this month(plan to only miss 2-3 days tops)

good luck all.

I'm glad September is over. I started calorie counting on September 17th. I lost 4 lbs my first week which is great but I'm on track to gain 2 lbs this week (weigh in is tomorrow). I've been eating within my calorie range (1300-1800 calories - I vary it each day), measuring and weighing my food, drinking plenty of water and yet I am gaining. I've gained a little bit every day this week. It's not even my special time of the month and I rarely eat salty foods. I don't know what's going on. My goal for October is to lose something each week. I am going to start exercising 20-30 minutes a day, 5 days a week. I'm hoping that will kickstart my weight loss. I'm sick and tired of doing all of this work and not having it show on the scale.

On October 20th it will be three years with no smoking for me and I want to be 163#s so I can be minus 100. But I should be lower than that. I was 166 this morning but I have seen 164 on the scale a few times and that was my goal for September. My goal for October is 162. And no store bought Halloween treats. If I make something or some of the family makes something homemade then I might have a bite but no wasted calories on crap from the store or bakery. Also plan on cutting back on the fake sugar this month and increasing the water consumption.

I hope everyone has a great day and a great October. This is my favorite month of the year.

Hit 140lbs!! :carrot:

September was OK. I started on the 10th, lost 7.1 pounds which isn't that bad considering September is a crazy birthday month in my family. There's always cake somewhere:dizzy:

This month, my goal is to drop 10! I really believe I can do it.

I LOVE FALL!
* starting a Tabata class today, twice a week for month of October. so, i want to stick with those all month!
* 1 day a week i will do 30minutes on the elliptical in reverse!
* become dilligent with my calorie/macro counting again n not eyeball n guesstimate!
* lose 5 lbs.
* spend more time outside in sunshine n fresh air!
Good Luck Everyone, We Can Do This!

I actually gained weight in september, awesome. i was 182.6 this morning.

starting measurements: 38-30-36 (around the tummy)-38 (hips). Lets see what changes October brings!

200.2 this morning. I lost 4 pounds last month and seem to be stalled at 200.

My October goal is to keep within my calorie range-1271 according to LoseIt-because I really don't want to go much lower than that.

Drink lots of water.

Hope I can move into the 190s enough to be done with the 200s.

179.8 this morning, ate breakfast, weighed it and counted the calories.. one hour at a time ladies!!

I met my goals for September - lost 6 lbs.

October: lose another 5 lbs

Continue walking 45 minutes 3 times a week.

Count, weigh, measure, and log calories in FitDay.

This month I will be adding "Growing Stronger - Strength Training for Older Adults". This is a set of exercises developed at Tufts University and shown on the CDC website.

The plan is to walk three days a week and do the strength training two days a week. When all this becomes easy for me, I will up the ante, but I don't foresee it's becoming easy in October.

Oh, yes, I am with TooBig on the "no wasted calories on crap" wagon. If it is "quality", have some. Otherwise, forget it.

My October goal is to get under 175...seems that the last 3lbs was pretty slow, so I do not want to set a huge goal...I will be happy with 5lbs

i made my fitness goals for september, which was to run 2 miles every workday (or 5 days a week) and i actually started the last week of august....so i made 5 weeks of running 2 miles each time...when i missed two days due to an ear infection, i ran on the weekend to make up those days...when i gave myself a horrible blister i patched it up and ran the next day...etc...but i made my goal and i'm proud of that

my goal for october is to work on HIIT...i just started today and am feeling my way around that...finding out what really IS the top speed i can run on the treadmill....finding out what i can do without messing up the back of my knee again...etc...and my tentative goal is to work on HIIT for october and see where that leads me...perhaps i can't do it because of my weak knee, perhaps i wont see the fat loss that i'd like to...so we'll see

Hi all,

My goals for October are to give up diet pepsi, I've done it before so I know I can, it's just the making myself do it that's the problem. I want to get back on track with the weight loss too. PMS is here, so I've been starving the past couple days and have been over calories.

I didn't do too badly last month, with the exception of one bad week. I still nearly reached my weight goal which was to be under 68 kilos. This morning I was 68 kilos exactly, and considering the water weight I'm carrying thanks to TOM, I'm happy with that.

My October goals are:
Get below 66 kilos
Be able to run 15 kilometres (I can run 10 kilometres at the moment)
Continue making healthier food choices
Be able to do 5 proper pushups on my knees
Do my circuit workout twice a week nearly every week
Have no more than 2 cheat days

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There's something about the 180's....they just love sticking around. :mad: I lost one lb in Sept. Whoopee. Oh well, the past is over, moving on...

I have one goal for this month - just one. 181.

I want to hit that 100 lbs lost total mark on or before the 24th. That would be exactly one year when I started.

What they say really is true, "a year from now you'll be glad you started today." It really feels like just yesterday.

October Goal
lose 12lbs
walk everyday

SW-280
GW-160
CW-272

October goal 260

Vex- What is it about the 100 pound mark? I am really struggling with it.

166 for me again this morning. Not too bad all things considered.

Dedicated- you and me, and 175. there will be party hats, and a fruit. cool? ha ha.

alaskanlaughter- what speed do you run at? i've been working on my running, and it varies so much. i'm trying to guage whether i am getting good speed, or whether i am getting overly confident... haha

amyamy- 15km? that's awesome! have you been entering races?
treadmill or outside?

vex- 100 lb mark is a pain in the butt. i feel you.

toobig- did you just freeze your scale at 166? rock on.


me: no weigh in. food yesterday? don't even know what happened. i did hit my ultimate best run EVER yesterday on the treadmill, did a good kettlebell workout, and a yoga session. hoping to repeat all of that again today. BUT with controlled food intake!

199.6 at last nights official weigh-in at TOPS and 198.2 this morning. Maybe I'm drifting away from 200 finally? I want to take a bike ride today or maybe try out a water aerobics class, or maybe a hike. Some kind of exercise is happening TODAY.

:carrot::carrot::carrot:Coolmom75:carrot::carrot:: carrot:
Onderland!

167 this morning. Water retintion from sore muscles I think.

stimkovs - Thanks. I've done one 8k so far, and I have a 10k planned for the 21st of October. I do longer runs outsides, but I use the treadmill for sprints, or shorter runs. I get too bored if I'm on the treadmill too long.

Good job on your run! How far do you run?

I weighed in this morning, and I was at 67.7, so I'm below my September goals which is a relief. I've been pretty good with my eating, except for a snuch a few bites of the mousse slice in our fridge. My sister made it when she was visiting, then left so now it's just be with half a mousse slice.

AmyAmy- it was just under 7k, with a few intervals. This is a huge accomplishment for me, who HATES running (fiercely), smokes, and HATES RUNNING. lol. I guess the thing about doing something you're terrible at, is quick progress lol.


182.2 on the scale.

Very sore.

Scale and I are fighting.

197.6 this morning. Taking the bike around the neighborhood was fun and I'm planning on doing a little ride every day. Yay!

I may have to change my ORINGINAL overall goal....I was looking at my tracker and I am only 8lbs from my orignal goal....I may have to take it from 170lbs to 165...then if I am satisfied I will stay there, if not...I figure I can go by 5lb increments until I am. I have been 135 once and looked deathly ill. I would be good anywhere between 150-165 I think...but I can change anytime, thats what I love about this...it is personal, nothing anyone else says can change how you feel about yourself (image wise)...people may influence your feelings, but as long as you are true to yourself you will be happy.

You're so close! I couldn't bear to start with my overall goal, since I have much more to lose. Once I get to 180 I'll start the next goal and then probably do like you and take it five pounds at a time to see what I can maintain-closer to 150/140 for me. Actually, 125 is my fav but I'll have to see what it takes to get there.


a little over two miles on the bike, pulling 70 pounds of kids. I agreed to an 18 mile bike ride in February so it's going to take some training! Cue Eye of the Tiger...

i could chuck myself, the scale and the fridge out the window. i do so good all day, then BOOM. apparently something is going on. sometimes it's emotional, sometimes it's not. sometimes i let myself get too hungry, sometimes i don't. it's like i have a good day, and then BAM. out the window.

it's also correlated to the scale. so the scale is definately a candidate for going out the window.

Down to 268 this morning:carrot:

Less nibbling and snacking on calorie-dense foods.

F.

169 this morning. All I did yesterday was eat. Yikes! Back on plan

Well, I am just starting but I would really like to be out of the 240's by the end of October. I will just keep counting those calories!

Hi every one. My October goals are to get into the 160's and I've also cut out all meat for the month.

Hope every one's doing well

196.8 this morning! Yay! That's over 3 pounds down so far this month.

Good job Coolmom:carrot:

Thank you! Last month I lost 4 pounds in the beginning and stalled for the rest of the month. I wonder if I'll do that again. :dizzy:

Three mile bike ride to the library and back. I'm sweaty after just the three. Baby steps.

Hope I am not too late.

My October Goals:

**Lose 12 pounds (from 260 to 248)
** Do 30 Day Shred ( I am for real this time!!) + other scheduled workouts.
** Stay on plan. Have moderate, planned "cheats" NOT binges!!
** Go down to my next size!

I am already down 1 pound.

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Never too late!

168.5 this morning. I know its water but still don't like seeing it

coolmom- good job!!

me: bloated. stressed, not weighing, but need to get back on track and white knuckle/ somehow teach myself that if i want to indulge in "beverages" then i need to eat less. i also need to learn to stop at 2 as it's going to be a looooong over indulgent weekend and i'm bloated already. GRR